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<p>Global democracy is entering a period of profound change, as rapid technological innovation increasingly challenges the foundations of open and free societies. Authoritarian leaders and antidemocratic actors are leveraging artificial intelligence technology and digital interconnectedness to consolidate power—at the expense of democracy. To make sense of these developments, Carnegie’s <a href="https://go.carnegieendowment.org/ODEzLVhZVS00MjIAAAGgfH6TFR5yg5Tu99bLeMsZUo3cxW4VKWQ5GRGfPVd3aBLhT2cpdYR3oTQIZneJtKDUT_1wA-w=" style="color:#00365e" target="_blank">Digital Democracy Network</a> is releasing a new series of essays exploring the evolving relationship between politics and technology, with the full set expected to be published in the summer of 2026.</p>
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<p>The first essay in the series, ‘<a href="https://go.carnegieendowment.org/ODEzLVhZVS00MjIAAAGgfH6TFdRLchOQ85ibIlhm3TWHBI6DWe-7pZ3L9PrlTAbJBBY7ssd2hZZYyiNUx3i0S5PVmi0=" id="m_474069297889489189" style="color:#00365e" target="_blank">The Architecture of Digital Repression</a>’ reveals how internet service providers (ISPs) are a critical yet overlooked tool of state repression. Case studies in Myanmar, China, and Russia show how ISPs can be leveraged by repressive governments, either through buyouts by state-linked entities as seen in Myanmar, or total state control of internet infrastructure, as seen in China.</p>
<p>In ‘<a href="https://go.carnegieendowment.org/ODEzLVhZVS00MjIAAAGgfH6TFP2sfVed34YSTXiU34hSCI-UXrpHLe9dzHlri3QK1zYA6Dd0wmmyQ71iqVC0I2mVimk=" style="color:#00365e" target="_blank">China’s AI-Empowered Censorship: Strengths and Limitations</a>,’ Nathan Law draws on his experience as a democracy activist and former legislator in Hong Kong to examine how powerful artificial intelligence systems enable repression. As China’s internet userbase has ballooned to over one billion users, human reviewers alone have proven to be insufficient. AI systems, used in tandem with human moderators, can shift censorship from reactive deletion to proactive suppression. Despite their capabilities, AI censorship systems face significant constraints: the more tightly it represses speech, the less useful data it produces to train its algorithms: “the ingenuity of human expression can still outpace the seemingly superior machine.”</p>
<p>Click on the button below to explore additional work from Carnegie’s Digital Democracy Network, and stay tuned for more.</p>
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